The Nāṣirī Generations 296.3

296.3

In the year 631 H., a party of agents of Barka Khan came, from the land of Khifchak, to the presence of the august Sultan, Shams-ud-Dunya wa ud-Din [I-yal-timish] — may he rest in peace ! — and brought with them presents and rarities, but, as that august monarch used not to keep the gates of intercourse and friendship with the Khans of the Mughals open, in any way, he used not to admit their envoys to his presence, and was wont to turn them back in a courteous manner. These envoys from Barka Khan the Sultan sent to the preserved fortress of Gwaliyur. They were a party of Musalmans ; and, every Friday, they used to be present in the Jami' Masjid of Gwaliyur, and used to repeat their prayers behind the Nawwab of the writer of this Tabakat, Minhaj-i-Saraj, until, in the reign of the Sultan, Raziyyat — The Almighty’s mercy be upon her! — the author of this book, after a period of six years, returned to the illustrious capital, Dihli, from Gwaliyur. In the end, this sovereign was put in seclusion ; and the agents of Barka Khan likewise were ordered to be removed from Gwaliyur to Kinnauj, and they were restricted to the limits of that city ; and there likewise they died [in captivity].